Locomotive ash-pan.



e. MAURER. v LOGOMOTIVE ASH PAN. APPLICATION FILED DEC; 27, 1909.-

Patented June 20, 1911.

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G. MAURBR.

LOUOMOTIVE ASH PAN.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 27, 1909.

Patented June 20, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MAURER, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 GEORGE MAURER,WILLIAM A. REDDY, AND JOHN C. TWOHIG, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, A FIRM.

LOCOMOTIVE ASH-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une20, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MAURER, residing at Terre Haute, in thecounty of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented a new and ImprovedLocomotive Ash-Pan, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that type of ash receivers orpans used in connection with locomotive boilers and it has for itsobject to provide a simple and compact arrangement of parts, including aspecial construction of hinged bottom members operable from above thefloor or deck of a cab.

With other objects in view that will here inafter appear, my inventionconsists in certain details of construction and novel arrangement ofparts, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained, specificallypointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my invention, the hinged bottommembers being shown in their closed position. Fig. 2, is a similar viewof one end of my improved ash pan, the hinged members being shown asheld in the open or dumping position. Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections,taken respectively on the lines 33 and 44 on Figs. 1 and 2.

In its structural arrangement, my invention comprises a body preferablyof rectangular shape and formed of the sides 11 and ends 22 joined attheir meeting edges by angle plates 33 and to provide for a proper draftfor the fire grate the said sides and ends 1 and 2 are perforated, asshown. The ash receiving body or pan has angle irons 44 at the upperedge for conveniently attaching it by means of bolts 55 to the bottom ofthe fire box.

The bottom of the pan, the peculiar construction of which and the meansfor opening and closing the same at will from above the cab floor ordeck, forms the essential features of my invention and they embody acentral and longitudinally extended stiffening portion 6, formed by theend angle irons 6()-6O bolted to the end plate 2 and disposed inoppositely inclined positions for supporting the fixedly held bottom andperforated plates 6161, the lower edges of which are braced by anglebars 62 bolted to the under side of the said plate 61 and which formbearing portions for the inner ends of the dumping members 6363presently again referred to. The stiffening portion above referred toalso forms a central division for the pan and divides the said pan intotwo distinct compartments a and b, the inner side of each of whichinclines toward the restricted outlets or throats cc which outlets arenormally closed by the hinged dumping members 63, the latter beinghinged to the lower end of the side plates as best shown in Figs. 3 and4.

So far as described it will be apparent that by joining the severalparts in the manner shown and stated, a compact and durable structure isprovided, which is rendered very rigid or stiff by the centrallongitudinal inverted V-shaped bottom portion, the peculiarcross-sectional shape of which separates the ashes as they drop throughthe grate and directs the said droppings on to the dumping members 63,the opening and closing of which is controlled by the lever devices, theconstruction of which is best shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The free ends of the members 63 each have a bar 64 secured to the same,one end of which is extended as at 65.

66-66 designate links pivotally connected at one end to the extensions6565 and whose other ends are pivotally connected to the outer end of acrank lever that is fixedly held on a rod arm 8 rockably mounted on theinner side of one of the inclined bottom plates and projected endwisetherefrom as best shown in Fig. 2.

9 designates an operating rod that pivotally joins at the lower end withthe long end of a second crank member 10 on the arm 8 and it extends upto a slot in the cab deck or floor, it having a suitable handle 90 and adetent 91 for engaging with the under side of the deck when the rod 9 ispushed down to swing the members 63-63 up to a closed position and tohold them locked to such position, it being understood that to dump thepan it is only necessary to push the end 90 of the rod in the directionindicated by the arrow 5 to release the detent from the deck edge, itbeing obvious that when that is done the rod 9 will move up as thehinged dumping members drop, the latter being again closed by pushingthe rod 9 down and locking it, as stated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat ent is:

1 11 a locomotive ash pan, the combination with the side and end platessecured together to form the outline of the pan, an inverted V-shapedpartition held Within said pan and running lengthwise of the same, angleirons 'secured in the end plates of said pan and to said invertedpartition extending from the bottom to the top of the pan, bottom gateshinged along their outer longitudinal edges to the side walls of thepan, bearing members secured to the under side of said in- Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents, 7

'verted V-shaped partition, a shaft in said bearing members, a lever onsaid shaft, con necting rods between said lever and said bot-i tomgates, and an operating rod connected to said lever through the mediumof which said bottom gates may be opened, said bottom gates openingtoward one another, substantially as shown and for the purposesdescribed.

GEO. MAURER.

Witnesses J. C. HIOKLIN, PETER DREHER.

Washington, D. G.

